Looking back at Transport Policy from the 2011 election
I initially started writing this post with the intention of posting it last week however it was put on hold as a result of the Green Party policy targeting kids walking and cycling to school.
In just over 6 months is next general election.…
45 Comments IPENZ Transport Group and the CFN
The Transportation Group of the Institution of Professional Engineers New Zealand (IPENZ) publish a quarterly newsletter on issues related to transport in New Zealand. Despite not being an engineer, this quarter I was invited to submit an article on the Congestion Free Network.…
Understanding US transit ridership trends
An article in the New York Times looks at the recent announcements that transit (PT) ridership in the USA in 2013 was the highest since the 1950s – much the same as in Auckland. What’s perhaps most interesting in the 2013 numbers is that petrol prices doesn’t seem to have featured as much in the reasoning behind the increase: The trade group said in its annual report that 10.65 billion passenger trips were taken on transit systems during the year, surpassing the post-1950s peak of 10.59 billion in 2008, when gas prices rose to $4 to $5 a gallon.…
Trolley buses to go in Wellington
News from Wellington that the trolley bus network is going to end in 2017 and replaced with something else. The Dominion Post reports.
The plug has been pulled on Wellington’s trolley buses, after 90 years of plying the capital’s streets.
The wires that have criss-crossed the central city since 1924 will come down in 2017, and the trolley buses will be replaced, under a plan being put forward by Greater Wellington Regional Council.…
Photo of the Day: Wynyard
Some photos I took recently of Wynyard, a development that we as a city got right and which helps to show we can create an awesome urban environment. The place will only get better as more development occurs in the coming years.…
Can New Zealand transition to 100% renewable electricity? (Spoiler: yes)
New Zealand has excellent renewable electricity resources. We’ve got hydro, wind and geothermal up the wazoo. In a typical year, more than 70% of our electricity comes from renewable sources, and the government wants this to increase to 90% by 2025 (for non-dry years). Source: Energy in New Zealand 2013, MBIE
Researchers at the University of Canterbury have been investigating whether NZ could generate 100% of our electricity from renewable sources.…
Business groups still pushing for East-West Motorway
The decision made on the East-West link a few months ago not to run a motorway through the suburbs of Mangere was a significant victory for the community. However it also made a lot of sense as the majority of the transport problems are on the northern side of the harbour.…
Photo of the day: Manukau MIT campus
I was out at Manukau the other day so stopped by to see how how the new MIT campus was looking. The campus sits on top of and will be integrated to the Manukau station. The work is now primarily focused on inside the building.…
Federal St Shared Space update
The O’Connell St shared space is now getting started however relatively quietly many people forget about the other shared space currently being developed in Federal St between Wellesley St and Victoria St. Work has been going on for some months now and so here are some photos I took of the progress about a week ago.…
Orakei Point development given approval
The long running battle to develop land at Orakei Point has finally come to an end with the plan change enabling the development finally operative. Bob Dey reports:
Plan change 260 for Orakei Point – now Orakei Bay Village – won its final approval to be made operative on Tuesday, completing an often acrimonious regulatory journey that began in 2006.…
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